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rothesay

/ˈɾɔθse/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
rothe-say
IPA
/ˈɾɔθse/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town on the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS0864).

name

A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

name

A town in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

name

A royal dukedom given to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

Etymology

From Middle Scots Rothersay, apparently from an Old Norse term ending in ey (“island”), like other place names ending in -ay. The town in New Brunswick may have been named after then–Prince of Wales Edward VII (1841–1910), who visited the area in 1860. The civil parish is named after the town.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Rothersay, -

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈɹɒθsi/

Questions

How do you pronounce rothesay?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɾɔθse/.
What does rothesay mean?
A town on the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS0864).
Where does rothesay come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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